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The Way West (The Big Sky, #2)
An enormously entertaining classic, THE WAY WEST brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to THE BIG SKY, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's re...turn to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life. With THE WAY WEST, he pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people. The Pulitzer Prize-winning sequel to The Big Sky. Dick Summers returns to the untamed West to guide a group of settlers on the difficult journey to Oregon. "With sure skill, with absolute command of every detail of equipment, custom, speech, and thought . . . Mr. Guthrie has written a stirring and tenderly moving book."--The New York Times.
Texas! (Wagons West, #5)
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The American West
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Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
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The Long Way to a New Land
"We will go to America!" It is 1868, and Carl Erik's family faces starvation in Sweden. As their hopes fade, they must endure a journey over land and sea to reach a better life in a new country thousa...nds of miles away. It is 1868, a time of drought and hunger in Sweden. Carl Erik and his family are on the brink of starvation when a letter from his uncle arrives, telling them of a better life in America. Erik and his family sell their possessions, bid farewell to their friends, and start their long and harrowing journey over both sea and land. Young readers will witness the hardship emigrants were forced to endure before starting a promising new life.
The Year of Decision 1846
Traces The Events Of 1846 And 1847 In The Development Of The West Including The Opening Of The Overland Trails And The War With Mexico. Build Thee More Stately Mansions -- The Mountain Man -- Pillar O...f Cloud -- Equinox -- Spring Freshet -- Oh Susanna! -- Cain, Where Are They Brothers? -- Solstice -- The Image On The Sun -- Sonorous Metal -- Continental Divide -- Atomization -- Trail's End -- Anabasis In Homespun -- Down From The Sierra -- Whether It Be Fat Or Lean: Canaan -- Bill Of Review -- Dismissed. By Bernard Devoto. Truman Talley Books. First Published ... By Little, Brown And Company, 1942, 1943--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
Presents The Greatest Adventures Of America's Westward Expansion, From The Louisiana Purchase And The Gold Rush To The Indian Wars And Life Of The Cowboy, As Well As The Everyday Happenings That Defin...ed Living On The Frontier.
Kentucky! (Wagons West, #20)
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Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth
The Spell That The West Has Always Exercised On The American People Had Its Most Intense Impact On American Literature And Thought During The Nineteenth Century. Henry Nash Smith Shows, With Vast Comp...rehension, The Influence Of The Nineteenth-century West In All Its Variety And Strength, In Special Relation To Social, Economic, Cultural, And Political Forces. He Traces The Myths And Symbols Of The Westward Movement Such As The General Notion Of A Westward-moving Course Of Empire, The Wild Western Hero, The Virtuous Yeoman-farmer In Such Varied Nineteenth-century Writings As Leaves Of Grass, The Great Corpus Of Dime Novels, And Most Notably, Frederick Jackson Turner’s The Frontier In American History. Moreover, He Synthesizes The Imaginative Expression Of Western Myths And Symbols In Literature With Their Role In Contemporary Politics, Economics, And Society, Embodied In Such Forms As The Idea Of Manifest Destiny, The Conflict In The American Mind Between Idealizations Of Primitivism On The One Hand And Of Progress And Civilization On The Other, The Homestead Act Of 1862, And Public-land Policy After The Civil War. The Myths Of The American West That Found Their Expression In Nineteenth-century Words And Deeds Remain A Part Of Every American’s Heritage, And Smith, With His Insight Into Their Power And Significance, Makes Possible A Critical Appreciation Of That Heritage.--amazon.com. Henry Nash Smith. Reprint. Originally Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1971, C1950. (a Harvard Paperback ; Hp 21) Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West
Blackhawk, A Western Shoshone Himself, Does Not Portray The Natives As Victims. Instead, He Demonstrates That Their Perseverance And Ability To Adapt To Changing Conditions Over The Last Two Centuries... Allowed Them To Help Shape The World Around Them ... This Is One Of The Finest Studies Available On Native Peoples Of The Ggreat Basin Region. John Burch, Library Journal, From The Bookjacket. The Indigenous Body In Pain -- Spanish-ute Relations To 1750 -- The Making Of The New Mexican-ute Borderlands -- The Enduring Spanish-ute Alliance -- Crisis In The New Mexican-ute Borderlands -- Great Basin Indians In The Era Of Lewis And Clark -- Colorado Utes And The Traumatic Storms Of Expansion -- Utah's Indians And The Crisis Of Mormon Settlement -- Born On The Fourth Of July, Or Narrating Nevadan Indian Histories -- Chronology. Ned Blackhawk. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 301-357) And Index.
